What is the definition of trust? By Merriam-Webster online dictionary it means: assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something. It also means to place confidence in. Cambridge online dictionary defines trust as to have confidence in something or to believe in someone. It also means to hope and expect […]
Category: Love
Love always protects
From 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, love always protects. So what does this mean? From Dictionary.com, protect means: to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult ect; cover or shield from injury or danger. Love always defends or guards from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult ect and it covers or shields from injury or danger. […]
Love rejoices in the truth
What does rejoice mean? According to Merriam-Webster online dictionary, it means to feel joy or great delight So what does truth mean? According to Oxford Living online dictionary, it means in accordance with fact or reality. From Cambridge online dictionary it means the real fact about a situation, event, or person. So love is to […]
Love does not rejoice in evil
To put it simply, love does not like evil. So what does evil mean? According to Merriam-Webster and Cambridge online dictionary it means: The condition of being immoral, cruel, or bad, or an act of this type. Causing harm morally bad, cruel, or very unpleasant Something that is very bad and harmful If you replace […]
Love keeps no records of wrongs
We have all done things that we regret and when you love someone, you do not bring those up and you surely do not get historical. Most people feel that when someone does something wrong, they are owed something or we keep a list of all the wrongs. This is what forgiveness is all about. […]
Love is not easily angered
Lets clear one thing up, getting angry is not a sin, but it can lead to a sinful nature. So what does it mean when God said love is not easily angered? When we love others, we are able to tolerate those things that others do that irritate us. In other words, we do not […]
Love is not Self-seeking
I think this one may be a bit more obvious than the others. Self-seeking according to Merriam-Webster online dictionary means: the act or practice of selfishly advancing one’s own ends seeking only to further one’s own interests In other words, love is not about me or my needs or my desires or my own interests. […]
Love Does Not Dishonor Others
What does this mean? Dishonor according to the online Free Dictionary, dishonor means: Loss of respect or reputation To bring shame or disgrace upon To treat in a disrespectful or demeaning manner Lets look at what honor means. According to Oxford online dictionary, it means to regard with great respect or knowing and doing what […]
Love does not boast
What the heck does it mean when you read 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 and you get to the part where it says love does not boast? From Merriam-Webster online, boast means: a statement expressing excessive pride in oneself to praise oneself extravagantly in speech : speak of oneself with excessive pride to speak of or assert […]
Love is Patient
I am sure you know by now the love verse, 1 Corinthians 13:4-7. If not then read below: 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 New International Version (NIV) 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not […]